1/48 Hasegawa B5N2 Kate

by Yufei Mao

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The Hasegawa kit provides very good detail.  As I'd like to make a Kate with a torpedo used at Pearl Harbor, the kit decals (which provides a Kate used in the battle of Midway) are almost useless.  So I decided to paint all of the markings appearing on my Kate with my air brush and detail it with Eduard's PE set.

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The Kate I made belonged to the aircraft carrier "Soryu" and the pilot was Juzo Mori.  He attended many sea battles as a torpedo attacker pilot, including the attack on Pearl Harbor.  During that attack, the torpedo from his Kate hit the battleship USS "California", but the landing gear was damaged by AA guns and he lost the plane when he tried to make a landing on "Soryu".

I detailed the torpedo which was thought to be specified for Pearl Harbor Attack, including the wood-made fins by 0.2mm and 0.3mm plastic pad or brass rod.

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Gunze lacquer paints were used and weathering was done with oil colors.  The 0.074mm fishing nylon for antenna.

Yufei

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Photos and text © by Yufei Mao